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Appleton Post-Crescent – Finding a better way Another article on a hospital organization that has been working on lean transformation. An earlier article is found here. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you…
State of the City address by Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell: It’s nice to see a city using lean methods and even more noteworthy that the mayor would talk about it in an address like this. I’m glad to see…
WSJ.com – Bush Plays Down Bailout Prospects For GM and Ford: Also: GM posted more than an $8 Billion Loss for FY 2005, announced today. Excerpts: “President Bush said General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. should develop ‘a product…
Thomas L. Friedman (free access via Denver Post): Although the focus of this column is on the environmental advantages of the new Texas Instruments fab in suburban Dallas, I think there’s a nice “lean” story here, as well. Toyota has…
CBS News | Mine Deaths Spur Hearings, Legislation I’m not an expert on mine safety. I don’t know the first thing about mines. It is sad, however, that it has taken terrible tragedies in West Virginia to prompt calls to…
Jim Press: ‘I was in love with cars every second’ Here is a bio of Toyota’s North American Sales President, Jim Press. It’s interesting to see the contrast between Toyota leadership and Ford leadership. Press has been with Toyota since…
Business Forum: Focus on short term hurt U.S. carmakers: Let’s hope Ford means it when they say they are going to focus on the long-term, ala Toyota. “In the 1980s, GM adopted lean production halfheartedly, even after it became clear…
01/22/06 – The Detroit News Don’t worry, these skilled tradesmen will go into the famous JOBS Bank and receive almost full pay for doing nothing (something I’ve written about a lot on this blog). It *IS* necessary for Chrysler to…
‘Black Monday’ looms over Ford’s future – 01/22/06 – The Detroit News: Good luck tomorrow when the “Way Forward” plan is introduced. It sounds like some tough cuts have to be made, the sad reality is that Ford has way…
Goodyear Engineered Products has introduced a universal heater hose system to help auto parts retailers and installers eliminate thousands of inventories parts while improving service. There’s an article at just-auto.com, but unfortunately a subscription is required to view the full…
On January 12, Jim Press, President and COO of Toyota Motor Sales presented at the Auto Analysts of New York Conference hosted by Lehman Brothers. You can link to the webcast through the Investor Information area of Toyota’s website. The…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei Here is a sad update on Merck’s “lean” efforts (click the link above). I hate to call what they are doing “lean” but that’s what Merck is calling it. I posted…